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Anthony W Ireland

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Articles 5
Citations 59
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Related Specialties
Health Services
General Medicine
Nursing
Co-Authors
Robert G Cumming
Patrick J Kelly
Published In
BMC Health Serv Res
Aust Health Rev
Injury
Intern Med J
J Rehabil Med
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Recent Articles
1.
Access to palliative care services during a terminal hospital episode reduces intervention rates and hospital costs: a database study of 19 707 elderly patients dying in hospital, 2011-2015
Ireland A
Intern Med J . 2017 Feb; 47(5):549-556. PMID: 28195682
Background: The burden of healthcare costs for persons approaching death is of increasing concern. This study examines cost savings associated with access to palliative care (PC) during a hospital episode...
2.
State of origin: Australian states use widely different resources for hospital management of hip fracture, but achieve similar outcomes
Ireland A, Kelly P, Cumming R
Aust Health Rev . 2016 Jul; 40(2):141-148. PMID: 27468769
Objective Hospital management of hip fracture varies widely with regard to length of stay, delivery of post-surgical care and costs. The present study compares the association between hospital utilisation and...
3.
Associations between hospital-based rehabilitation for hip fracture and two-year outcomes for mortality and independent living: An Australian database study of 1,724 elderly community-dwelling patients
Ireland A, Kelly P, Cumming R
J Rehabil Med . 2016 Jun; 48(7):625-31. PMID: 27314472
Objective: To compare rates of mortality, hospital readmissions and independent living status for 2 years following hip fracture in community-dwelling patients with and without hospital-based rehabilitation. Design: Retrospective cohort study....
4.
Risk factor profiles for early and delayed mortality after hip fracture: Analyses of linked Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs databases
Ireland A, Kelly P, Cumming R
Injury . 2015 Mar; 46(6):1028-35. PMID: 25813734
Introduction: One-year mortality after hip fracture may exceed 30% with a very large number of reported risk factors. Determinants of mortality beyond 1 year are rarely described. This study employs...
5.
Total hospital stay for hip fracture: measuring the variations due to pre-fracture residence, rehabilitation, complications and comorbidities
Ireland A, Kelly P, Cumming R
BMC Health Serv Res . 2015 Jan; 15:17. PMID: 25609030
Background: Hospital treatment for hip fracture is complex, often involving sequential episodes for acute orthopaedics, rehabilitation and care of contingent conditions. Most reports of hospital length of stay (LOS) address...